Meth Charge Nets Man 200 Months in Prison

Roanoke, VIRGINIA – Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today the sentencing of a man convicted of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.

James Daniel Miller, 32, previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. Today in District Court, Miller was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison.

According to evidence presented to the court by Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Bassford, Miller, and others, conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Western District of Virginia beginning no later than 2013 and continuing until about December 2015.

The investigation of the case was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Virginia State Police, Claytor Lake Task Force and the Smyth County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Bassford prosecuted the case for the United States.